Since my last blog we have had an engineer around from Aga and we are thinking about having it converted to electricity so that we can turn it down overnight and use a timer for when we need it to come on. It is feasible apparently, but it comes at a cost of between £800-£1000. We are already using a green electricity supplier. We are now working out how long it will be before we get a return on the investment.
As a family we have tried reducing our meat intake for one week. We have had four vegetarian dinners and we have all agreed to try and keep this up. We listened to a debate on Radio 4 the other night and it had someone on there saying it was better for climate change if you were a vegetarian and drove a 4x4 than it was to ride a bike and eat meat! I'm not sure how true that is but at least we are trying to cut down on our meat consumption.
My two boys are forever leaving their lights, computers and other electrical 'stuff' on when they go out. We all discussed it at supper one night and they agreed that if they did it again my wife and I could 'confiscate' the item or remove the light bulb so that it was an inconvenience for them to find it or put it back. Surprise, surprise they only did it once and have been fully complying ever since.
I'd love one of those smart meters now to see how much electricity our other 'stuff' is using.
you certainly run a tight ship there!
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